IPHONE 6 (battery usage)

[M_GO_BLUE1]

My wife got a new IPhone 6 less than 2 months ago and has been fine...

Within the past 3-5 days the battery will last all day and then some (as it always has) but then when we go to bed at night by morning the battery is completely dead...nothing has been downloaded on the phone in the last 2 weeks...about 99% of the time the phone is on home wifi...

According to the Verizon rep she said it was due to the screen brightness being too high and it is continuing to search for wifi even if it is on wifi...according to the phones battery usage it says the "home & lock screen" has taken up 39% of battery usage in the last 24 hours...I say the battery sucks

Any advice, thoughts, suggestions on the above?

[mich800]

Road Runners wrote:
My phone discharges overnight if I forget to disable my "map my walk" app. Perhaps you have some app that is using up your battery.

I have found this out as well. Not necessarily with this app but I have some apps that use the location services and they do not always stop this function after you close the app. On my older iphone you can tell is location services is active if you have the little triangle/compass pointer icon active in the phone. If it is it will constantly be looking for and updating your location.

FYI, gasbuddy is one that does not always unhook location services when closed.

[wildtoad]

M GO BLUE wrote:
I'm assuming reboot as in turn off and on?

That would be a yes.

[M_GO_BLUE1]

I'm assuming reboot as in turn off and on?

[wildtoad]

P.S. If lock screen is usin 39% then check the settings for what is allowed on the notifications settings. You may be surprised.

[Pawz4me]

Have you (or she) tried rebooting it? Just like computers, smart phones benefit from periodic rebooting. I've found that when my iPhone 5s starts using more battery than normal, rebooting usually solves the issue.

Also, check to see what apps are running. Double click the "home" button and then swipe up to close apps. I'd do that and then reboot.

[wildtoad]

Check the settings under general, background app refresh and make sure it is off. Also check what apps are still loaded and close them out. This is done by double pressing the home button, and then sliding the app up and off the screen.

Then one last thing if you have not already done so is to turn the phone completely off by holding the power button at the top of the phone and the home button at the same time until the screen goes blank and the Apple appears.

[Road_Runners]

My phone discharges overnight if I forget to disable my "map my walk" app. Perhaps you have some app that is using up your battery.

[edsland]

I put mine on charge when I go to bed when I wake up its 100%. Smart phones will not over charge so it doesn't hurt the battery.